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  • Top fraud cases that hit Ghana in 2019

    One of the most common form of crimes in Ghana is fraud, with unsuspecting individuals and organizations losing millions of cedis to scammers.

    The Ghana Police Service and other security agencies are working to control crime but reports have revealed that fraud and scams cost Ghanaians more billions of dollars annually.

    GhanaWeb has chronicled top frauds that hit the nation in 2019.

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    Scandal Rocks GRA; Board Chair Grabs GH?1.4m

    The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) was entangled in a conflict of interest scandal involving its board chairperson.

    The GRA acting Board Chairperson, Adelaide Ahwireng, got tied in a conflict of interest situation involving the rental of two of her commercial properties to the GRA.

    It was alleged that the two buildings were rented out at an annual charge of GH? 1.4 million, an amount sources say was exorbitant, particularly considering the location of the properties.

    The buildings in question included a three-story duplex and a two-storey sandcrete block property located in the Agbogbloshie South Industrial Area.

    EOCO targets MASLOC The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) got on the heels of former heads of some state institutions over massive rots leading to financial loss to the state.

    EOCO’s probe started following a forensic audit into the financial transactions of these institutions under the previous John Mahama administration.

    According to the audit conducted by private auditors and presented to President Akufo-Addo and his cabinet, the former CEO of MASCLOC Mrs. Sedina Tamakloe Attionu allegedly misappropriated GhC3,193,592 (US$641,928.51) during her tenure.

    Free Zones CEO busted for misappropriation Also, whopping amounts of GhC3, 919,622 and US$1,622,821 hanged on the head of the former CEO of the FreeZones Board Mr. Kwadwo Twum Boafo as misappropriated cash after the special audit report sanctioned by Cabinet.

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    Manasseh Exposé: PPA Boss caught pants down selling govt contracts Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, revealed in his latest documentary how some NPP appointees connived to sell government contracts.

    In his exposé, titled Contracts For Sale, the CEO of Public Procurement Authority (PPA), A.B. Adjei, was busted.

    The investigations showed how a new company, Talent Discovery Limited (TDL), incorporated in June 2017 by the CEO of PPA won majority of government contracts through restrictive tendering.

    Mr. Adjei’s company, after winning the government contracts, then proceeded to sell the contracts to other companies.

    NAM1 charged with 4 counts of fraud

    The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, aka NAM1, was charged with two counts of abetment to defraud by false pretence and two counts of abetment to carry out banking business without licence, contrary to Section 6 (1) of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-taking Institutions Act, 2016 (Act 930).

     

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Man, 38, remanded over fraud

    A 38-year-old unemployed man who conspired with two others to dupe a trader of her GHC50,000, under the pretext of securing her a market stall at the Kumasi Central market, has been remanded by a Kumasi Circuit Court for fraud.

    Godwin Ackom, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    He would reappear before the Court presided over by Mr Alibaba Bature on November 27, 2019, for the continuation of the trial.

    Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Felix Akowuah, prosecuting, told the Court that in December 2015, the accused together with his accomplices; Theresa Awuah and Patrick Duah (both at large), told one Agnes, a witness that they have a market stall for sale.

    Businesswoman in court for defrauding 22 people

    The witness then contacted Akosua Animah, the complainant who expressed interest and decided to purchase the stall with number M 14 located at the Kumasi Central Market, which they claimed belonged to Theresa who is one of the accomplices.

    Prosecution said on April 11, 2017, accused and accomplices after jointly pricing the stall at GHC60,000.00, met the complainant at Asokwa in Kumasi where she gave a total of GHC50,000.00 to them, promising to pay the remainder being GHC10,000.00 at a later date.

    He said on May 8, 2017 at about 15:30pm, the accused went to the house of the complainant to collect the balance of GHC10,000.00, but the complainant suspecting foul play, refused to pay the money and reported the matter to the Police.

    According to the prosecution, the accused was then arrested where he led the Police to store number 15B instead of store number M14 which he had earlier showed the complaint.

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    He said a legitimate receipt of stall Number 15B was obtained from its owner, indicating that neither the accused nor his accomplices owned it.

    ASP Akowuah said the accused denied the offence in his cautioned statement but was charged and brought before the Court.

    Source: ghananewsagency.org

  • Self-acclaimed pastor in court for allegedly stealing GH¢60, 000

    A self-acclaimed pastor, Saint John Walker, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court, charged with stealing GH¢60, 000.00.

    The accused allegedly collected the money from one Maame Dufie, who owed the complainant, Madam Tuffour GH¢100, 000.00.

    He pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared in court few months ago.

    Read: Businesswoman in court for defrauding 22 people

    Mr Walker together with some police officers went to Maame Dufie under the guise of being sent by Madam Tuffour to collect the money.

    Counsel for the accused, Grace Garner, denied that her client stole the money.

    She told the court presided over by Emmanuel Essandoh that Mr Walker and complainant had been friends for more than two years, and the accused used to run errands for her (Madam Tuffour).

    However, during cross examination, Madam Tuffour told the court that Mr Walker knew her house because she used to send him on errands.

    When counsel asked whether the complainant operated an account with ECOBANK, she said she could not give details of her bank accounts.

    When asked if she ever gave out her Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards and PINs to the accused to withdraw money on her behalf, she responded in the negative.

    The facts are that, Madam Tuffour lent Maama Dufie an amount of GH¢100,000.00, which Maame Dufie failed to pay.

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    However, Maame Dufie failed to keep to her promise to repay the money and because of this, the two stopped talking to each other.

    The accused took advantage of the situation and went to take a total of GH¢60,000.00 from Maame Dufie.

    Later, the complainant sent her son to follow up on the debt only to be told that Madam Dufie had paid GH?60,000.00 in two instalments to the accused.

    Madam Tuffour lodged a complaint with the East Legon police station.

    The court adjourned the case to today for continuation.

     

    Source: ghanaiantimes.com.gh